Chapter 1344 Cutting off the retreat, Ilxia defensive operation (2)

The Swan maneuvered and changed positions according to the fleet commander's instructions. In fact, it was just a change from the left rear of the space fortress Ilsha to the right rear. In essence, it still relied on the fortress itself for defense.

After all, the offensive and defensive capabilities of the cruiser are here. Letting them go to meet the main fleet is somewhat self-destructive.

At the same time, the main fleet of the Rotating Water Federation outside the fortress lit up the engine one after another, started slow sailing to facilitate the formation reorganization, and a large number of warships turned the ship sideways and set up complex battle lines.

Not long after, the engine light that was originally only hazy on the sighting equipment gradually became a vague outline of the ship, which meant that it was about to enter the bombardment range.

The current situation is simply a replica of the previous one, the difference is that the defending party has become the Rotating Water Federation, and the attacking party has become the Red Maple Republic.

The number of ships is estimated to be slightly less than the two fleets, which may be caused by the pursuit of other fleets of the Rotating Water Federation during the retreat, but the total number is still more than one thousand.

Just like the Swirl Water Federation's recapture of Ilxia, they also quickly split into two groups when approaching, and maneuvered from the left and right sides to outflank.

The advantage of doing this is that it can distract the attention of the space fortress and the fleet, maintain mobile operations, and look for flaws in the enemy's battle line.

The starship of the Swirl Water Federation fired the first shot, and then as the distance between the two sides continued to narrow, all kinds of heavy artillery of all sizes also opened fire. For a time, countless ion beams and invisible shells intertwined in this star field. There was no warm-up period. The firing was directly white-hot, and the entire star field was like being ignited.

The Red Maple Republic's army withdrawn from the front line could not be only this. According to the intelligence obtained by the Swirl Water Federation, at least three fleets were approaching the direction of Ilxia, and now only two appeared.

Either the missing fleet turned to join others on the way, or there was a backup plan.

The large number of sensors scattered around the space fortress and its ability to distort the readings of the surrounding controls made it difficult for the fleet to fly over without being noticed.

On one hand, they tried to encircle and annihilate, and on the other hand, they wanted to retreat strategically. Once they met, both sides would fight to the death.

The friendly forces had already opened fire, and the Swan was still with the cruiser formation. Although many ships would also fire a few shots to boost their momentum, the actual effect was negligible. Everyone was still hiding behind the space fortress like watching a show.

Their mission was to intercept ships approaching the fortress. Bombardment was not the specialty of cruisers. The cruisers and mobile aircraft carrier formations of the Red Maple Republic did not move, and the Swan naturally would not make any big moves.

For the Red Maple Republic Fleet, the Rotating Water Federation blocked their way home. They had to either take the door back or kick it open. There was no third way.

The other side would definitely find a way to get close to the fortress and try to seize it. After all, the Red Maple Republic Fleet was also afraid that the Rotating Water Federation would send some support fleet. When the troops were not dominant, they would be surrounded and attacked again. Then there would be no way to save the situation.

The battle between the main fleets cannot be decided in a short time. In other words, it is not a problem for the Red Maple Republic Fleet to try to approach and seize the fortress. The problem is how they will do it.

The cruiser formation and the large number of pilots on standby in the fortress are to prevent this.

Regardless of whether there is a combat mission or not, almost everyone is staring at the battlefield nervously, waiting for the Red Maple Republic Fleet to continue to approach and respond to the moves.

However, at this time, there are still people busy with other things, such as Fang Lanyin.

She is using an electric hammer to screw screws frantically, trying to put the disassembled parts back together.

"Don't be so anxious."

Li Chengxi saw Fang Lanyin sweating anxiously and comforted her:

"Anyway, it's not time to attack yet. Even if the enemy comes, I won't make a difference."

It's not Fang Lanyin's fault. It's because Villania wants to see the heat dissipation and buffer structure of Li Chengxi's machine, and wants to understand why this machine has such a strong ability to resist impact and thermal radiation.

And Li Chengxi also agreed. Just watch it, it won't hurt.

As a result, it left the port soon after it was disassembled.

The complex stacked armor structure and a large number of heat dissipation devices are all linked together. Disassembly requires disassembly layer by layer, and reassembly, of course, also requires installation layer by layer. Disassembly will waste a lot of time.

Fang Lanyin was anxious. If this delays the attack time, it will be the fault of the mechanic. Fang Lanyin's professional ethics will not allow such a thing to happen.

Especially since this thing was created by Li Chengxi, his existence itself is the top secret on the Swan. Fang Lanyin is solely responsible for the maintenance of the body. It cannot be handed over to others, nor can it ask others to help. Naturally, he is very busy.

In contrast, Li Chengxi is very calm. He knows that it is still a long way to go before the attack. Now he has just entered the bombardment range, and it is far from the time to release the carrier-based aircraft.

Next to him, Silver Cyclone has just completed the maintenance. The cockpit is open. Hall is holding the control ball inside, and Silver Cyclone picked up a 280mm rocket launcher.

"Is it really okay for me to use it?"

"Just use it. If you run out of ammunition, just throw it away. Don't feel bad about it."

The backpacks that Li Chengxi used for Lionfish were all disassembled from the custom model. In addition to the backpack and the main body, the custom model also has a large number of additional weapons.

For example, beam sabers, automatic rifles, long beam rifles, and rocket launchers.

I have accumulated a lot of these things, but I don't use them myself. It just so happens that the size of Silver Cyclone is compatible, so Li Chengxi got a few of them and armed Silver Cyclone well.

Beam sabers and other beam weapons need to be charged, which are not compatible with Silver Cyclone. Besides, she doesn't really need melee weapons. The inside of Silver Cyclone's leg armor hides the loyal chainsaw sword.

But it can be equipped with physical weapons. When Li Chengxi used the high-mobility Zaku before, he ran out of live ammunition, so he directly used Silver Cyclone's 40mm rapid-fire cannon to deal with it. Anyway, it's just a simple trigger pull, as long as the size is right.

Hall has also adapted well these days, using Silver Cyclone's simulator, applying Li Chengxi's data, and fighting AI enemies.

Seeing how easy Li Chengxi is when using the rocket launcher, it gives people the feeling that this thing has built-in tracking ability.

In fact, it is wrong. Li Chengxi uses the rocket launcher easily because he is very adapted to the speed of the rocket and can shoot accurately in advance.

Hall has always used weapons with high bullet speeds, and has no experience with weapons with low bullet speeds and high power. Fortunately, she used a virtual machine to simulate, otherwise no matter how many rockets she had, she would not have enough for training.

The more difficult part is that you have to switch at any time.

You are firing a rocket one second, and you have to pick up a rapid-fire machine gun the next second. The huge difference in bullet speed between the two makes the lead time also significantly different, and the brain must be able to react.

For players of shooting games, this is not a difficult task, they have already mastered it, but for those who have never been exposed to it, it takes a long time to train.

It's just that there is really no time for training now, so let's just do it.